I have been following the Install Wiki and I have arrived at the part where I need to install X Server. My issue is that I cant install X because my DNS doesnt work. I can ping 8.8.8.8 just fine, google.com does not respond.

The issue appeared to be from a VPN tunnel coming from my router. Thanks for the info about tcpdump, it actually did help when troubleshooting the problem. Mark as Answer and Ill approve.
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Jon HMar 5 '14 at 14:45

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This definitely helped me solve my problem. tcpdump along with a multitude of other tcpip commands I found out that my DNS entries were being redirected to a VPN tunnel.
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Jon HMar 5 '14 at 15:16

@JonH You could write your own answer describing in detail what you did.
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Hauke LagingMar 5 '14 at 15:21

I actually have been working on this off and on for almost a week and dont really remember how and what I actually did. I do know that when you mentioned tcpdump that it was that ability that was able for me to see that the packets were being sent to my router and then to a vpn tunnel.
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Jon HMar 5 '14 at 15:45